Hearing all the noises in the right sequence was how you knew everything was working on startup
I bet I could close my eyes and still tell you what each of those sounds meant and in what order from my family’s first computer (a 386!) if you played a recording of it today
I remembered that when I was young I had to wait for the summer to play late at night because we had centralized AC and all bedroom doors were closed. It was the only time when they could not hear my PC :D
Only complaint I have is that some modern monitors start making a high pitched noise with age. I sincerely thought I had tinnitus before I figured that out
This explains so much… I always wondered why it went away when I turned the power strip off… (this is real). In all seriousness, I am shockingly relieved. Also very annoyed. Very, very annoyed. That monitor was so goddamn extensive!
That’s an understandable worry, but the fucker has not burst into flames yet nor has it made any indication of doing so anytime soon, and I don’t leave the room with it on. I treat most technology like a burning candle
I actually like that my gaming computer makes a bit of noise. I can tab out while it’s loading a game with tons of mods and know by the sound exactly when it’s ready to play.
And then… There is the server standing my basement… Being so fucking noisy that i had to install sound protection because the neighbors couldn’t sleep…
If your fan noises 😉 are really loud you should install a wall made of acoustic drywall in front of that shared wall and fill the gap with acoustic foam. Acoustic foam alone won’t help with loud noise. Since that mostly reduces the reflection of sound. Sound can still pass trough the foam and then trough the wall.
The acoustic dry wall is a good shout, but I don’t think my boyfriend would take too kindly to me shrinking our room and the shared wall has closets for both bedrooms. I’m hoping those closets will do something to help, and the foam wall paneling is a good shout, but I’m trying to think of ways to do it in a way that’ll please his aesthetic desires. He doesn’t want it to look like a “streamer’s bedroom”. I joke with him and say change one letter and it’s more accurate, so maybe he’ll considered some colored ones mounted at angles to create a more visually appealing surface. That, or try to mount a rug on the wall 😅
Jesus! What are you running that makes that much noise? I have two HP DL360p gen8’s (older 1u units with LOUD fans when they get going) and a custom built gaming server in a rack at the end of my bed. Together they’re sometimes a bit annoyingly loud when they’re hard at work, but with the door closed you can barely hear them. I can’t imagine a single server so loud that neighbors could hear it from a basement. You got a supercomputer in there or something?
older 1u units with LOUD fans when they get going)
1U servers tend to have loud fans regardless of age. Small fans that spin very quickly (to get decent airflow) will do that. They’re also designed for use in data centers where noise is less of a concern.
Sometimes you can replace server fans with Noctua fans, but the small Noctua fans generally have less airflow than the stock ones (usually made by Delta) so you’d have to check they’d be sufficient for your use case.
I run a whole server with Cisco hardware wich is constantly at about 90% idk the specs from head right now, i and a friend bought that stuff as double (he has the same setup in his basement, they are exact copy’s of each other and constantly exchange data), he is responsible for the hardware stuff. We store several hundred terabyte of data for “personal” (i won’t go into the contents as its not for public, nothing illigal either) usage. There are also some v-servers running for some smaller stuff like a TS, a Mailserver, VPN… In total i have enough hardware to equip a medium sized company with everything they need.
(in short, it sounds like i run a jet engine constantly)
If my dream of living out in the woods ever comes true, I’ll legit do this. Until then, I figure I wouldn’t last a week being so close to a major city so it’s a moot point.
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